11 World's Oldest Foods That Seem to Have Expired Long Ago (13 Photos)

I suggest you go to a small culinary and historical journey. During it you will get acquainted with the most ancient products nutrition that has ever been found by inquisitive scientists.





Although some recipes and dishes are passed down from generation to generation over hundreds and even thousands of years, it happens it is difficult to determine exactly what our distant ancestors ate and drank. These information would have remained a secret behind seven locks for us, if not for archeology. Yes, yes, do not be surprised, archaeologists are not excavating not only ancient treasures, remains and buildings, but also food, which a happy accident could survive for so long long time. The study of the found products allows us to understand that the people of the past cooked and ate.

Here is the oldest piece of bread in the world. Its age is 14000 years



This is the oldest bakery in the world located in Jordan. This is where this amazing find was discovered.



A well-established archaeological doctrine states that people They first started baking bread about 10,000 years ago. new discovery became a turning point in the history of our evolution. flour from which consists of bread, was made from different ingredients - wild wheat and reed tubers roots. Archaeologists also found traces of barley and oats. This suggests that even then people were skilled cooks and could combine several components in one dish at once.

Wine from Speyer is stored in the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, it is about 1700 years old



The amazing bottle was recovered from a Roman grave in 1867. year. How did she survive for such a long time? time? Scientists are confident that the liquid contents remained in place due to that the bottle was sealed with wax and not with a cork (which, of course, during such a time it would certainly have rotted).

Archaeologists find 3,200-year-old cheese in Egyptian tomb



The cheese was made from sheep and goat milk. Before scientists did not have any evidence that in ancient Egypt produced such products.

Chinese archaeologists discover 2,400-year-old bone soup sealed in a bronze vessel



The soup had turned green due to oxidation, but was still liquid and the bones were still floating on top.

Marsh oil, which is about 2000 years old



Butter has been discovered in peat deposits in a marshy terrain. Scientists suggest that people used to store surplus in this way product, as peat has the qualities of an excellent preservative.

Champagne that lay at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for 200 years



An Antarctic fruit pie that is 106 years old. Almost fresh!



The dessert was discovered by researchers in an abandoned hut on Cape Adare in East Antarctica. The delicacy lay for so many years intact on a shelf in a tin box and paper.

This is the oldest cured ham in the world, which is 113 years old.



The ham was cooked in 1902 by a policeman Gwaltney Jr., who owned several meatpacking plants Meatpacking Plants in Smithfield, London.

121 year old chocolate bar



The chocolate is still in its original wrapper and tin. packaging. Was part of a batch commissioned by Queen Victoria in 1900 year for British Army soldiers.

4,000 year old noodles discovered in China



The product was buried under a layer of sedimentary rocks at a depth three meters, which is why it is so well preserved to this day. Analysis test showed that theNyaya noodles were made from millet and mogar.

2000 year old loaf of bread found in the ruins of Pompeii